Brooch assemblage



Aug. 25, M BQUCHER v Re.

BROOCH A SSEMBLAGE Original Filed Oct. 26, 1935 INVENTOR Murce Boucher I' Hl 1f RNEY mi; detail description Reissued Aug. 25, 1936 UNITED STATES Re. 20,076'A PATENT QFFICE Serial No. 48,843, October 26, 1935.

Application for reissue June 17, 1936, Serial No. 85,748

9 Claims.

The present invention relates to improved brooch assemblages.

My present invention is an improvement of and supplemental to the generic structural features of my invention set forth in my co-pending application Serial No. 44,371, filed Oct. 10, 1935, entitled Brooch assemblage. My present invention utilizes the brooch base member in combination with a set of clip members, each clip member including a clip base member, the brooch base member and the respective clip base members being associated with one another by resilient means afforded by elements of the brooch base member.

Pursuant to my present invention, resiliency 'fmay be had by blanking out median portions of extensions of the brooch base member to afford, upon application of pressure, relative displacement andsubsequent tensioning of such parts of the brooch base member, or by the provision of resilient means non-integral with but a part of the brooch base member.

As above indicated, the clip members when assembled upon the brooch base member may be worn as a brooch assemblage, suitable provision being made, as by a safety pin or equivalent, for

attaching the assemblage upon the wearers garment, or one, both or all clip members may be dis-assembled from the brooch base member and worn individually, or as a pair or set.

Each clip member comprises a clip back'member upon which the ornamentation, per se, is mounted, and further comprises a clip base 'member serving the dual functions of affording assembly'and dis-assembly relative to the brooch base member and in correlation with the clip back member for securing and locking the clip member individually to the material of a garment.

Further features and objects of the invention will be more fully understood from lthe following and the accompanying drawing, in which Fig.` 1 is a vplan view of a combination Abrooch and clip assemblage adapted to be mounted upon a brooch base member and associated parts for the individual clip members, constructed and coordinated pursuant to my present invention- Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, illustrating the application of the principles of my present invention to a brooch such as is illustrated in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view in perspective, showing one embodiment ofmy brooch base member, and associated clip base member and clip back member.

Fig. 5 is an exploded View of another embodiment of my brooch base member and associated clip base member.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 illustrates a two-clip type of brooch III, the pair of indicated clips I I, I2, being adapted to be mounted upon an assembling brooch base member. The ornamentation of the respective clips is optional, the individual ornamented elements I I, I2, being respectively mounted upon appropriate parts, described more fully hereinafter, to aiord ready and secured assembly of the respective clip members relative to the brooch base member, and to aiord ready dis-assembly of the clip members individually to permit the same to be worn by the user either individually or as a. pair or set. The brooch assemblage may be secured to the material of the garment of the wearer in any `suitable manner, usually by means o-f a safety pin of the character shown at I 3, hinged at I 3a to a part of the brooch base member and a suitable safety lock i327.

The brooch base member provides per se for resiliency for effecting the association and the dis-association of the respective' clip members relative to the brooch base member. One embodiment of such resilient brooch base member and associated clip parts is depicted in the exploded View of Fig. 4, comprising,in essentials, as indi-- cated generally by the reference number I4, a body portion Ida, extension portions Illb corresponding in number tothe number of the clip members, in this instance two. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, resiliency of the respective extension members IIb is had by blanking out median portions of such extension members IlIb respectively, as by means of the blanked out slot Mc terminating at its opposing ends in enlarged openings I4d and further blanking a median portionindicated at I IIe-ofthe body of theA brooch base member transversely to and merging at its. inner terminus with the blanked slot IlIc, and terminating at its outer end in the arcuate diverging opening Idf to provide for the opposingly related, coacting spring extensions Mg, whereby upon exerting pressure upon such extensions Idg toward one another, the resiliently related parts of the extensions I Ib are moved relatively toward one another, to afford, as appears more fully hereinafter, the assembling and dis-assembling of the clip members relative to the brooch base member. 'Upon each extension, as at a lateral edgey therefor, is formed a cam projection, see IIIh, serving as a locking element, in cooperation with a co-ordinated part of a clip member, as appears more fully hereinafter.

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The embodiment shown in Fig. 4 comprises further a clip base member I5 embodying, in essentials, an apertured member I5a, its aperture being indicated at I5b, and extends upwardly, i. e., at right angles, to the body portion I5c of the clip base member. The clipbase member comprises further ears I 5d, opposingly related,

for hinge or equivalent relationship with its appropriate clip back member IE; in this instance the ears Iid are provided with registering openings as indicated, for receiving a pintle or a pair of respectively associated pintle members IBa carried by the clip back member. In "the illustrated instance, the aperture I5b is substantially rectilinear in outline.

Accordingly, upon exerting lpressure upon the extension member I4g to press the same toward one another, the clip base member I5 -is associated with and upon the extension IlIb by passing the free end of such extensie-n |417 through the aperture I'5b :of the clip base member I5 until the apertured member I5a has passed beyond the cam projection I 4h of the extension 14h to enter its locking slot |47', whereby upon release of the spring extensions 14g, the clip is lockedly retained in its assemblage position. Conversely, to dis-assemble Ithe clip base `member relative to the brooch :base extension Mb, the spring extensions 14g are similarly! pressed toward one another, permitting the apertured member I5a to be released from Ilocking yengagement with the cam projection Mh, and permitting the clip member to be displaced from and out of the locking slot 147' of the brooch base member.

.Each clip member further `comprises resilient means, in this instance afforded by 'blank-slotting a terminal portion of the body of the clip back member, a manner of slotting being indicated at 1Gb, IGb, whereby Vthe resulting tongue ISc in cooperation with the body of the lapertu-red member tia, resiliently biases the vclip back member I6 and its associated clip base member I5 toward closing position, utilized when each clip member is wor-n individually or as a pair or set independently of the brooch assemblage. Preferably, as is shown in Fig. 3, locking 'means is aiorded by upsetting as is indicated at IBd, to provide lan extension -for piercing or entering the material of the garment to which .the clip .dis-assembly vrelative to the hinge-opening ,mem-

bers I5d, I5d, of the clip base member I5.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 5 lfollows generally the principle of that of Fig. 4, and like parts are designated by like reference characters. The embodiment shown in Fig. 5 in -particular affords spring cooperation with appropriate clip base members-and lcorrespondingly with an appropriate clip back member, similar to the clip back member I6; associated with the illustrated cli-p base member, by fiat spring elements I4I, I4I, Asecur-ed to the body Ida of the clip base member, the aperture I5b being suitably yapentured in eonforimty lto the ldimensional contour of such spring elements IM. The extension Mm of the brooch base member functions to engage in immediate 'face to face contact the body of the clip base member `I5 when the same has been assembled upon the 4brooch base member I4.

The inturned ears I5e, I5e, of the clip base sembled, and conversely assembled relative to the brooch base member by applying pressure upon and directedlbetween its spring member and any fixed part of the brooch base member.

Whereas I have described my invention by reierence 'to specific forms thereof, it will be uriderstood that `many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

l. The combination of a plurality 1o 1clip members, a brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion, lsaid brooch base member further including extensions secured to said body portion, each extension carrying a resilient formation, each clip member including an apertured element adapted lto receive and cooperate with one Aof theextensions of said brooch base member, said apertured element -of aV clip member cooperating with said resilient formation of such one extension -for retaining and locking the clip `member' upon such one extension.

2. The combination of a plurality of clip members, a brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion, said brooch base member further including extensions integrally secured to said body portion, the material of each extension having a resilient formation, each .clip member including an apertured element adapted to receive and cooperate with one of the extensions of said :brooch base member, said apertured element of a clip .member cooperating With said resilient formation of such one extension for retaining l and `locking the clip member upon such lone extension.

3. The combination of a plurality of clip members, a brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion, :said brooch base member `further including extensions slotted to aiord resiliency, each extension having :a cam formation, each clip member including an apertured element adapted to receive and cooperate with the cam `formation 7of one of the extensions of said brooch base member to retain and lock said clip member thereon.

4. The combination of a plurality of clip members, a, brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion,said brooch base member further including resilient extensions secured to said body portion, each extension having a cam formation, each vclip member including a member having a rectangularly outlined aperture adapted to receive and cooperate with the -cam formation of one of the extensions of said brooch base member to retain and lock :said clip member thereon.

5. The combination -of a plurality of clip members, a brooch base member for commonly counting said clip members, .said brooch base member comprising a body portion, said brooch base member further including resilient extensions secured to said body portion, each extension having a cam formation, each clip member including an apertured element adapted to receive and cooperate with the cam formation of one of the extensions of said brooch base member to retain and lock said clip member thereon, each clip member further including a clip back member, the body of which is slotted to provide in cooperation with said apertured element resiliency toward closing, said clip back member including oppositely disposed pintle elements resiliently related to one another and for affording hinge relationship with its associated clip base member.

6. In combination a pair of clips, each of said lclips having an ornamental jaw and a back jaw hinged thereto, a plate, and means independent of said back jaw for securing said clips to said plate, the said plate being slotted to ailord resiliency for retaining and locking said means thereon.

7. In combination, a pair of clips each having an ornamental front jaw, and a back jaw hinged thereto, a plate slotted to afford resiliency and provided with a locking member, and means independent of the back jaw, cooperating with the locking member on the slotted plate, to lock the plate in engagement with the front jaw.

8. In combination, a clip, said clip having an ornamental iront jaw and a back jaw hinged thereto, a base, a portion of said base being slotted to afford resiliency and means independent of said back jaw and cooperating with said slotted portion of said plate for lockingly retaining said ornamental front jaw in engagement with said plate.

9. In combination, a pair of clips each clip having an ornamental front jaw and back jaw hinged thereto, a base, said base having symmetrically related portions slotted to afford resiliency, and means independent of the back jaw of each of said clips and cooperating with any of said symmetrically related slotted portions for lockingly 20 retaining the ornamental front jaw of such 'clip in engagement with said plate.

MARCEL BOUCHER. 

